Comments on: Independent Saturday Prize Puzzle 7590 / Scorpion – 12 February 2011

By: London Singles Dating

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By: Gai

Gai — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:44:44 +0000

Also from Adelaide, but no sympathy for bloggers or googlers. Favourite clue was red rum. (I remembered the collective term from a book by Raymond Briggs.)

By: Rosso

Rosso — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:04:40 +0000

Feel sorry for us in Adelaide. We get the “Independent” three weeks after you do in the UK, and by then Duncan’s blog is on the web. Furthermore, we are not quite so familiar with the English literary or arts scene. To complete the crossword, we use Google, of course, and have to avoid peeking at the answers in Duncan’s blog. I really liked MEDUSA. What did I not get out? TANTRIC, STROP (although I guessed it must be that), and (blush) REARWARD. Hah: but I got yesterday’s crossword out completely, for a change.

By: Kaggsy

Kaggsy — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:58:26 +0000

What’s interesting about this is that it’s a common misconception that Paul Morley was born in Stockport. Even though his Wikipedia and every other entry says so, a reading of his wonderful memoir “Nothing” makes it quite clear that the family moved to Stockport when he was young – he wasn’t actually born there!

By: rodders

rodders — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:24:18 +0000

Thanks Duncan for the blog and more thanks for typing the clues which is great but I guess time consuming for you bloggers !

As for yesterday – agree flashling – in real trouble I am but got a few more days to work at it ( not optimistic though in truth ).

By: Scarpia

Scarpia — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:32:54 +0000

Thanks Duncan … and congratulations on your Inquisitor win!
I found this quite easy for an Indy prize puzzle even though I didn’t know the home town of the named people.
Liked the ‘sternly perhaps’ device in 22 down.

By: flashling

flashling — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:55:41 +0000

Found this easy, the Stockport link irrelevant and got the linked answers anyway. Thanks Duncan. today’s Bann man has me beaten all ends up.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:10:36 +0000

I’m afraid I found this rather tedious. I did manage to finish without using references and all the Stockport glitterati were vaguely familiar to me apart from Paul Morley. I managed to get him from the wordplay because I remembered being tripped up in a previous puzzle by the German city of Ulm. Twinned with Stockport by any chance? I enjoyed the clue for Tantric.

By: kloot

kloot — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:08:04 +0000

Thanks Duncan. I always appreciate your blogs. I found this easy once the theme was uncovered and made steady progress.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:34:30 +0000

Enjoyable puzzle and not too difficult. Tho not familiar with the names managed to work two of them out from the wordplay when I’d some crossing letters and came v close to a third. Cheating? This is not the Times speed-solving competition, remember. Guess it must be Scorpion’s home town, did he use its postcode once in a puzzle? Favourite clue, MINUTIAE. Thanks for the blog, Duncan, and Scorpion for the puzzle.